So, how do they stack up against each other? Interestingly, there are only two points of overlap between Fitzmaurice and Fragoso’s Top 10: The undisputed champion, “The Contest,” which sits at the top of both lists, and “The Subway,” which is Vulture’s second and Vanity Fair’s eighth. Fitzmaurice says of “The Contest,” “At this point in the show’s run, ‘Seinfeld ‘had already incorporated several clever masturbation jokes into episodes. But here, the show’s architects created an entire episode about it without once saying the word, instead creating their own language that doesn’t resort to cheap euphemisms. (The closest they come is Estelle’s “I find my son treating his body like it was an amusement park” remark, which still kills.) Peerless TV, no question.” (Vanity Fair’s Top 10, for some reason, are just pictures and episode quotes, so Fragoso’s reasons will go with him to the grave.)

The most divisive episodes are “The Pen,” which ranks 6th on Vulture’s lists and a lowly 167th — second to last — on Vanity Fair’s; and “The Mango,” Vanity Fair’s 6th and Vulture’s 162nd. (Close by: “The Masseuse,” a Vulture 13 to Vanity Fair’s 166.) What about the absolute worst? Vanity Fair picks “The Dog” as “Seinfeld’s” nadir, while Vulture singles out “The Puerto Rican Day Parade,” an episode that NBC eventually apologized for airing.

Which list is better? We’d sooner lick a poisoned envelope than choose, but it is the mark of an enduringly great show that 20 years later, it’s still worth arguing over.